Legacy. Talent. Beauty. Power. Cassara Allencourt had it all and she wore it like a crown. She knew exactly who she was-heir to a legacy, destined for greatness, and too powerful to fail.
Overnight, her world shatters and Cassara is forced to fight for every inch of status she once took for granted. Failure isn't an option-not when it means returning home, forfeiting her future, and marrying the boy who sees her as a prize to possess.
But the battlefield isn't the only place she's losing control.
There's her combat instructor, forbidden and dangerous, whose touch she shouldn't crave and whose attention burns like a brand.
And the disciplined rival forced to fight beside her, the only one who sees past her armor and dares to challenge what's beneath.
Torn between the instructor she shouldn't want, the rival who challenges everything she thought she knew, and a future that was decided for her long ago, Cassara must decide what's worth more-her freedom or her heart.
Because at Vallemont, power is survival, love is a liability...
And the beasts aren't the only ones who bite.
